Going to throw a bit of a bomb out there. We know and Coach Richey has honestly stated the obstacles Furman faces in getting to that next step, facilities, entrance requirements, money. We should be proud of our academic standing, does shrink the pool, more funding needed for extended recruiting. Facilities, money, retaining coaches, money. Now Furman luckily has some rich donors, but not enough, the local community will contribute but not enough. Arguably Furman needs to reach that next step before that particular faucet will start to pour.
Bit long winded but my point is donations won't get us there, what's left is school funding. My proposition, my bomb is would the school benefit more from a next level successful basketball program than it currently does from what to date is an under performing Men's lacrosse team. I don't know, but I will state my bias, I like basketball, I attend basketball games, I have never seen the Lacrosse team play and honestly have no desire too. I was in favor of starting lacrosse because it seemed an enhancement to student body recruitment. But I've always felt if you're going to do a sport you should try to be good at it, so far we aren't and I don't think that's lack of effort. And it can probably be fixed.
Should it or is it time to move men's lacrosse to the level of our very successful rugby team. Divert the money to basketball to climb that ladder. Again I don't know because I lack the facts. My gut tells me it would be overall a positive move just from a publicity point. It seems the biggest bang for the buck. Still having said all this in I hope is an uncharacteristically loose and verbose manner. I would like to hear from the forum, many I know having a deeper knowledge of the subject.
